The Valley Wire

MUST BE AN INSIDE JOB

- By Barbara Olson © ClassiCana­dian Crosswords

ACROSS

1. Spanish for “water”

5. Get on in years

8. Sassy retort to a command (4,2)

14. Put behind bars

16. Ill-fated Franklin ship, along with the “Terror”

17. Final attempt when all else fails (4,5,6)

19. Keanan of “My Two Dads”

20. Arterial blockage

21. Fills a stamp pad

22. Football field measure: Abbr.

24. Moorage site

26. Declare possession of (5,2,4,3)

32. Perfume targets

33. “Les Misérables” writer Victor

34. “What’s the ___?” (“Same thing”)

35. ___ Christian Andersen

36. Allow

37. “The ___ Times” (Parliament­ary paper)

38. Rubber-stamped

39. Community grp. akin to the Lions

41. Very focused, with “in”

43. Attentive to the finer points (6,8)

46. “The Caine Mutiny” writer Herman

47. Crawling (with)

48. “... and to ___ good night!” (3,1)

51. Mousy

53. Apple desktops

57. Tyrant with absolute power (7,8)

60. Colouring used at Easter (3,3)

61. Most fidgety

62. Movie sneak peek, e.g.

63. Company team leader Abbr.

64. Princess with side buns

DOWN

1. Feels off

2. Business major’s exam: Abbr.

3. “___ -daisy!”

4. Sketchy place to learn? (3,5)

5. “Do ___ say!” (2,1)

6. “Understood,” slangily

7. Env. extra

8. Where minutes are recorded, but not hours

9. Pound sound

10. Trendy fermented milk drinks

11. Blake’s black

12. Cloudy gloom

13. Superlativ­e suffixes

15. 6-Down, in hippie-speak (1,3,2)

18. Exit a car quickly (3,3)

23. Brand I.D.s

25. Fair-hiring initials

26. Atwood’s “Oryx and ___”

27. Swiss chocolatie­r

28. Like showy fabrics?

29. “Swan Lake” girl clad in black

30. Idled (away), as time

31. Province called “The Rock”: Abbr.

32. “___ a-thunk it?”

36. “Well, will ya ___ here!”

37. Scathing feedback (4,4)

39. Short life lines?

40. Canadian actor Christophe­r ___

41. “Agnus ___” (Mass prayer)

42. Laughing hysterical­ly (2,4)

44. Presents with a medal

45. Pushing one’s buttons

48. At ___ time (scheduled) (1,3)

49. Shoot down a chute in Sochi

50. Links org. for women

52. Made backwards?

54. Just so, with “to” (1,3)

55. “___ fan tutte” (Mozart opera)

56. Lady of La Mancha: Abbr.

58. One of five on a starfish

59. Faceoff taker’s position: Abbr.

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